Collar-band for shirts



N. LEWIS.

COLLAR BAND FOR SHIRTS. APPLICATION 'FlLE D MAY 16. 1918.

NELLIE PATENT OFFICE...

CGLLAIt-BANKYIOR snmms.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 8, 1921.

application filed May 16, 1918. Serial No. 234,980.

State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar- Bands for Shirts, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to an improved collar band for shirts, and more particularly the aresent improvements'consist in providing permanent collar buttons in connection with the shirt band,

"With the present type of shirt bands and detachable collar buttons in use, the wearer is subjected to much inconvenience and annoyance. Principally because of the necessity of having to continually remove and in-. sert the collar buttons, and through accidents or neglect, these collar buttons very often become lost, are not removed from the shirt when the same is sent to tl e laundry, and where new collar buttons are not always available, thewearer is put to co siderable inconvenience. l ilso the collar button holes in the shirt very soon become enlarged, and as a result, the collar button 0 r not Q erly retained in the shirt, citl such extent as to change the collar, or else coming out of th I Furthermore the backs of the coll. tons are exposed, and in Contact with the neck of the wearer, which is both uncom- Iortable and dangerous, because of the danger of blood poisoning.

It is an object oi: the present invention therefore to provide a shirt band having permanent collar buttons, attached in such manner that they will not become changed in their position, may be conveniently set in place and will 11 in laundryi 1 shirt.

t is a fur object to provide an improved construction of s bans in connection with the collar buttowhich will prevent the metal oi the collar'button from touching the neck, and will hold the collar button always in upright position so that th collar will be retained properly upon the neck band.

'With th e and oth r objects in view, an embodinie accompanying drawings, and thisembodiment will be hereinafter more fully; de-

ot prove an inconvenience scribed with reference thereto, and the invention will be finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings;

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a band embodying my improvements;

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the collar button employed;

Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof; Fig. 4

collar is an elevation partly in section showing the ball head removed;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a portion of the front layer of the shift band showing a button hole worked therein;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line 6-6 of Fig. 5, showing the collar button in place, and with the head removed;

Fig. 7 is a plan view showing the front and back layers of the collar band attached, and with the collar button in place;

Fig. 8 is a sectional View along the line 8-8 of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a plan view showing the collar band attached to a portion of the shirt;

Fig. 10 is a sectional view along the line 10-:10 of Fig. 9, and

back layers as first attached with the raw edges exposed.

I Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of e drawings.

Referring to the drawings, the collar band constructed according to the present embodi ment of my invention comprises a front layer of material 10 folded longitudinallyupon itself to form an inner layer 11 a marginal portion 12 being folded over upon the layer 11. A small circular button hole or eyelet 13 is worked at the point where it is desired to place a collar button, this button hole extending through both thicknesses of the front layer, and being substantially reinforced by button hole stitching 14.

The collar button comprises a base 15, slightly greater than a sem1-c1rcle, a stem or shank 16 extending from the circ'umfen ential center of the base and provided at its upper end with a detachable head 17, the said head being preferably provided with threaded extension 18, which engages the Y threaded bore 19 of the stem, although other suitablemeans of attachment may be provided.

1* 1g. 11 is a sectional view of the front and While 1 have shown the head as hall shape, it will he undcrs-atood that .l baclc col ar button may have u. short slnink and a flat head.

In assembling the collar band and collar button, the head 1'7 is removed from the button, and the stem is inserted in the eyelet 13, the base 15 engaging the inner side 11 of the front layer of the collar hand, and having its straight edge 20 parallel with the lower edge of the collar bond.

The rear layer of the collar hand is suhstantially the some. in form a the front ,leyer, and comprises an outer told 22 and 'en inner told 23, and it turned over mar ginal portion 2%. This layer is placed upon the front layer with the folds 12 and 24: straightened out and With the edges of the two layers conforming (Fig. 11) and secured together by a row of stitching 25 The portions 10, 11 and 22, 23, are. then folded down upon the folds l2 and M the ends being held by the stitches 25 and n single row of stitching 25 is stitched through the portions l0, ll, 12 and 22, 23, 24-, abovethe stitches 25 inclosing the folds l2 and 2". Another single longitudinal row of stitching 26 is provided SQfiPQll from and parallel. with the lower edges of the front and rear layers of the collar bend, and directly beneath the straight edge fi l of the base of the collar button, thus forming a told at the lower edge of the collar hand Within which the edge of the shirt may no at the some time preventing rotation of the collar button. Preferably an arcuate row of stitching 27 placed ahout the circuniiierential portion of the base of the collar button, this row oi? stitching;- passing entirely through the shirt hand, as clearly indicated. in Fig. 8.

With the exception of the slightly different form of the rear collar button, which is 'ireieral'aly flat, the construction of the shirt hand at that portion surrounding: the rear collar hutton, is the same as that surrounding the l'ront collar hutton. The front ends of the shirt band are finished in the usual manner as at 28 and 29, and a button hole 30 is pr oridcd in the end of the shirt hand opposed to that containing the collar mutton, and is adopted engngo the collar button.

The hand is attached to the neck of the shirt by inserting the edge 31 of the shirt into the fold formed between the front and rear layers of the hand, and securing it h a row of stitching32, as clearly indicated. in Figs. 9 and 10.

ll ith my improvementg'it will be seen, a. shirt bend provided having porn'iancnt and immovable collar buttons, the stems of which are always maintained in upright position, thereby preventing pressure upon the neck, and the construction of the rear layer of the shirt hand forms a protective pad which prevents contact of the collar hutton with the neck. The invention may, if desired, he used in connection with other garments as for instance military garments.

The collar buttons nniy be formed of any suitable material, such for instance as bone, aluminum, gold, silver, etc, and are prefe -ably of a meterial which will not he affected by moisture.

l have illustrated a preferred and satisfactory embodiment of my invention, but it is obvious that changes may he made therein Within the spirit and scope thereof, as defined in the appended claims.

I claim 1. The combination with a collar band comprising an inner undan outer layer joined above the neck hand by a line ol stitching, the outer layer having an eyelei, adapted to rcccire l-otter hutton having u huso with it straight edge portion contignums to the stitching and prevented from rotating by shutting against the stitching, it shank of diameter substantially the same diameter that of the eyelet 0fi'he outer layer and extending through the eyelet oi' the outer layer, and a removable head for the shank.

2. The combination with a collar band comprising an inner and an outer layer joined shove the noel: hand my a line oi stitching, the. outer layer linving'an eyelct, adapted to receive a collar button having; a base with a straight edge portion coninuous to the stitching, a. line of stitching cxtending ahout the remainder of the pe-- i'iphery of said base. said being" prevented from rotating: by its straight edge illlllllillflfl against the said line of stitching joining the said layers to the neck hand, a 'shanlr of a diameter substantially the some as the diameter of the eyelet of the outer layer and ending" through the eyeof the outer layer, and a rcmovahle head lilti'or the slienlr.

in testimony that claim the izoregoingmy invention l he e signed -l y name. NELLlE .lJE'WlS. 

